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127: ChatGPT goes weird

TW: we talk about suicide induced by ChatGPT and lawsuits related to these suicides in this episode! We talk about the lawsuits that Social Media Victims Law Center brought against OpenAI and the ways in which ChatGPT and other AI products can super negatively impact mental health, to deeply worrying degrees. We also talk about the patterns in AI "chosen one" and "religion" narratives—have you heard the good word of Spiralism? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

126: Gooning and Heterofatalism

We read a bunch of articles about the state of dating/dating apps and yes, THAT gooning article, and talked about them. It's like English class where you read a bunch of stuff and talk about it except you haven't done the reading!!! But you can do the reading. It's right here. This is the reading. Reading The Goon Squad [https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/] (Harper's) "But PornosexualGooner101 Died 35 Years Ago...This Very Night!" [https://www.thechatner.com/p/but-pornosexualgooner101-died-35] (The Chatner) The Trouble With Wanting Men [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/magazine/men-heterofatalism-dating-relationships.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.XTzh.nQdZ4DZdFjbY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare] (NYT) Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? [https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now](Vogue) Other Stuff Follow-up interview w/ Goon Squad writer [https://harpers.org/2025/11/general-interest-daniel-kolitz-gooning-internet-matthew-sherrill/] Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating? [https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/wait-people-actually-use-facebook-dating/] The best dating apps aren't even dating apps [https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/the-best-dating-apps-arent-even-dating-apps/] Meet the goonettes [https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/goonettes-gooning-women-porn-sex-addiction] About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim [http://isabel.kim/] and Amanda Silberling [http://amandasilberling.com/]. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude [https://multitude.productions/], a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

125: The Moflin

Amanda went viral on Tiktok for having an AI pet. Really, this is the apex of our journey on this podcast. The Moflin is an AI-enabled pet that retails for $430 dollars, and Amanda has just spent a month living with it in her home. Also, we talk about Grimes' new music video. (Behind the scenes supplementary moflin content on Patreon!) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

124: Enshittification (ft. This Guy Sucked)

We're teaming up with Dr. Claire Aubin of our sibling show, This Guy Sucked, to talk about something that is not a guy, but does suck: the internet! It's easy to say that the internet sucks, but what makes it suck, how did it get this way, and how can we fix it? Using Cory Doctrow's new book "Enshittification" as a guide, we talk it out. Find Us Online  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.social] Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod [https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue [https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue [https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue] Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ [https://wowiftrue.com/] Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim [http://isabel.kim/] and Amanda Silberling [http://amandasilberling.com/]. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude [https://multitude.productions/], a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

123: We're just talking about video games

The news cycle of 2025 has somehow once again broken us so severely that we have simply just opted out and decided to talk about Silksong, a game that people waited so long for that they created a whole new genre of shitposting. Also, Undertale and Pokopia, the forthcoming game that makes us confront everything we've ever known about Ditto. If you were hoping that we were going to talk about The News, check out the new episode of Close All Tabs [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/groypers-doxxing-and-charlie-kirks-death-as-a-s-post/id214663465?i=1000727181075]! This is #notsponsored! But we are #sponsored by Isabel's book [https://bookshop.org/p/books/sublimation-isabel-j-kim/75bdbf4afed5475f?ean=9781250376794&next=t] which you can pre-order now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].